#38C7C8#38C7C8

#38C7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C8
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -36.02, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 37.76, 197.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1123 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.117 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4749, 45.8538, 61.7715)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C8 #C83938

analogous

#38C881 #38C7C8 #387FC8

triadic

#38C7C8 #C838C7 #C7C838

tetradic

#38C7C8 #8138C8 #C83938 #7FC838

square

#38C7C8 #8138C8 #C83938 #7FC838

split-complementary

#38C7C8 #C8387F #C88138

monochromatic

#1D6869 #2A9899 #38C7C8 #68D4D5 #98E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#38C7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d8',
    500: '#38c7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c8;
$custom-light: #85d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75761,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C8

secondary

#CE8E8E

accent

#4948E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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